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	[500 Chestnut Street - Old City Hall] (City of Philadelphia, Records Department, 8/7/1959) Philadelphia Historical Commission Files, Philadelphia Historical Commission. Local ID #: 34247 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Details of Opening No. 153 (John P. B. Sinkler, architect, 3/11/1918) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 012 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] West Elevation (John P. B. Sinkler, architect, 3/11/1918) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 008 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Interior Details (John P. B. Sinkler, architect) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 014 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Interior Details (John P. B. Sinkler, architect, 3/11/1918) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 23 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Elevation on Fifth Street (John P. B. Sinkler, architect, 3/11/1918) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 010 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Stair Details (John P. B. Sinclair, architect) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 016 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Details: Gallery and Mantels (John P. B. Sinkler, architect, 3/11/1918) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 024 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Sections through Building (John P. B. Sinkler, architect, 3/11/1918) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 013 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] First Floor Plan (John P. B. Sinkler, architect, 3/11/1918) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 002 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Basement Plan (John P. B. Sinkler, architect) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 004 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] First Floor Plan (John P. B. Sinkler, architect, 3/11/1918) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 002 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Second Floor Plan (John P. B. Sinkler, architect, 3/11/1918) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 003 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Detail of Opening 208 (John P. B. Sinkler) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 019 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Chestnut Street Elevation (John P. B. Sinkler, architect, 3/11/1918) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 007 > Image Source
	[500 Chestnut Street - Old City Hall] (Photographic Unit, 12/16/1912) Philadelphia Historical Commission Files, Philadelphia Historical Commission. Local ID #: A-329 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Elevation of South Side (John P. B. Sinkler, architect, 3/11/1918) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 009 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Details: Opening 104 (John P. B. Sinkler, architect, 3/11/1918) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 011 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Survey for the Restoration of Old City Hall (John P. B. Sinkler, architect) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421*001 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Special Steel Truss 2nd Floor South Room (John P. B. Sinkler, architect, 3/11/1918) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 022 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Interior Details (John P. B. Sinkler, architect) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 015 > Image Source
	[500 Chestnut Street - Old City Hall] State House (Köllner, 1848) Philadelphia Historical Commission Files, Philadelphia Historical Commission. > Image Source
	[Plate 8, South Side] Rae, Julio H. Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial Directory & Panoramic Advertiser. Philadelphia: Julio H. Rae, 1851., p. Plate 8, South Side > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Details of Openings no 116 - 120 (John P. B. Sinkler, architect, 3/11/1918) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 021 > Image Source
	[500 Chestnut Street - Old City Hall] Clock at 5th and Chestnut (1923) Philadelphia Historical Commission Files, Philadelphia Historical Commission. Local ID #: 20642 > Image Source
	[Improvement of Independence Hall, group of buildings, Philadelphia, Pa, survey & restoration of Old City Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna..] Exterior Details (John P. B. Sinkler, architect, 3/11/1918) AIA Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: SIN421 023 > Image Source
	[State-House] Old City Hall (W. Birch & Son, 1800) Local ID #: AI Oversize 1800 Birch W. Birch & Son. The city of Philadelphia : in the state of Pennsylvania, North America; as it appeared in the year 1800, consisting of twenty eight plates / drawn and engraved by W. Birch & Son. (Springland Cot, near Neshaminy Bridge on the Bristol road, Pa. : W. Birch, 1800). , p. Plate 21 > Image Source
	[Old City Hall] Panorama of Philadelphia from the State House Steeple, East (Wild & Chevalier, 1838) Local ID #: AI Oversize 1838 WIld Wild, J. C. Panorama and Views of Philadelphia and its Vicinity.... (Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier, 1838). , p. Panorama 1 > Image Source
	[Old City Hall] West Wall, Stairs & Door NPS Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. > Image Source
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	[Chestnut Street - 500 Block] Chestnut Street, from corner of Sixth, looking East (Architecture and Engineering Division, Photographic Unit) Philadelphia Historical Commission Files, Philadelphia Historical Commission. Local ID #: 41095 > Image Source

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